Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION"
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Accessing the Canopy : Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Forest Canopy: Phase I
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1995)UNEP's project Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Forest Canopy is a new venture to examine forest canopies by means of a tower crane. Accessing the Canopy is the first major report of the ... -
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion 1991 Update - Panel Report Pursuant to Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Under the Auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
(1991)The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer requires, in Article 6, periodic assessments of available scientific, environmental, technical, and economic information. The assessments shall be made every ... -
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1994 Assessment
(1994)The provisions in the Montreal Protocol and its amendments in London (1990) and Copenhagen (1992) have brought about a marked decrease in production and use of ozone depleting chemicals. However, the ozone layer is still ... -
The Impact of Ozone-Layer Depletion - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 7
(1992)The ozone layer that has shielded the Earth from damaging ultraviolet radiation since life began is diminishing. This is caused by the use we have made, over the past 60 years, of the ozone layer depleting substances, ... -
Le Protocole de Montréal et la Santé Humaine: Comment une action mondiale nous protège des ravages du rayonnement ultraviolet
(2016)Ce livret, tout en présentant un condensé des connaissances actuelles sur les effets des variations du rayonnement UV sur la santé humaine, offre aussi un panorama de ce que le monde aurait pu être si nous n’étions pas ... -
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: Environmental Effects Panel Report
(1989)The present report on the environmental effects of ozone depletion deals mainly with the direct effects of increased ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on man and the environment. The report was written in 1989, the year that ... -
The Ozone Depletion Problem (An Example of Harm Commitment) - MARC Report Number 1
(1976)The problem of ozone depletion is so interdisciplinary and complex that it is difficult for the non-expert to evaluate its urgency and severity. As a result, this potential threat cannot readily be compared with the myriad ... -
Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
(Oxford University Press, 2008)Recent discussion of biodiversity loss has focused on its expected ecological consequences, as well as on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, and economic effects this loss will have on our world. Sustaining Lfe is the ... -
Ultrasound - Environmental Health Criteria 22
(1982)This document comprises a review of data, which are concerned with the effects of ultrasound exposure on biological systems, and are pertinent to the evaluation of health risks for man. The purpose of this criteria document ... -
Ultraviolet Radiation - Environmental Health Criteria 14
(1979)Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) occurs from both natural and artificial sources. The sun is the principal natural source. The known effects of UVR on man may be beneficial or detrimental, depending on a number of ... -
Ultraviolet Radiation - Environmental Health Criteria 160
(1994)This monograph is concerned with the effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure on human health and the environment. Such a review of the scientific literature is considered timely in view of the consequences of ...